Flood: Wrestling With The Mississippi Vocabulary Quiz

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Flood: Wrestling With The Mississippi Vocabulary Quiz - Quiz

This vocabularyquizzes sixth graders on an excerpt of Flood: Wrestling the Mississippi by Patricia Lauber found in their Harcourt textbook.

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1.

Which of these defines the word floodplain?
- A.
  
  An artificial lake where water is collected for use
- B.
  
  Artificial embakements or built up land to prevent flooding
- C.
  
  Level, flat land that may be submerged or covered by floodwaters
Correct Answer
C. Level, flat land that may be submerged or covered by floodwaters
2.

If water has reached its highest point then we say it has _______________.
- A.
  
  Leveed
- B.
  
  Crested
- C.
  
  Seeped
- D.
  
  Yearned
Correct Answer
B. Crested
3.

What is the difference between the words "yearned" and "awed"?
- A.
  
  Being awed shows respect or amazement and yearned is something you do to stop a flood.
- B.
  
  Yearned is a deep longing or desire and awed describes a flooded area of land.
- C.
  
  Awed is having showed an emotion of fear or respect or amazement and yearned is having longed for or desired something.
Correct Answer
C. Awed is having showed an emotion of fear or respect or amazement and yearned is having longed for or desired something.
4.

A _______________ is something manmade and is built up to prevent flooding.
- A.
  
  Levee
- B.
  
  Reservoir
- C.
  
  Floodplain
Correct Answer
A. Levee
5.

Water is seeping when it is ?
- A.
  
  Moving violently through a floodplain
- B.
  
  Has reached its highest point
- C.
  
  Flowing or passing slowly through small openings
Correct Answer
C. Flowing or passing slowly through small openings
6.

This is a picture of a:
- A.
  
  Floodplain
- B.
  
  Reservoir
- C.
  
  Levee
Correct Answer
B. Reservoir

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Flood: Wrestling With The Mississippi Vocabulary Quiz

Which of these defines the word floodplain?

If water has reached its highest point then we say it has _______________.

What is the difference between the words "yearned" and "awed"?

A _______________ is something manmade and is built up to prevent flooding.

Water is seeping when it is ?

This is a picture of a: